As of October 28, 2018, HTTP/3 is the official standard of the application protocol which inevitably leads to a transition towards its universal use. Although it is not yet widespread in terms of number of applications and websites, its impact is high since widely known applications that account for a significant percentage of the number […]
Leer Más →In order to safeguard their users’ privacy certain Android applications include security measures to protect their communications with external servers e.g. by means of certificate pinning. In 2011, Google was the first to begin applying certificate pinning to its Android device communications. This procedure consists in pinning a list with the certificates in which an […]
Leer Más →El Derecho a la Privacidad de los seres humanos a menudo se ve vulnerado en el ecosistema de internet. En 2018 se adoptó en Europa el Reglamento General de Protección de Datos (RGPD) (https://gdpr-info.eu/), cuyo objetivo es defender la privacidad de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea exigiendo responsabilidades a los sistemas que acceden a […]
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Vivimos en un momento donde hay un gran desconocimiento por parte de los usuarios respecto a qué ocurre con sus datos personales. No es fácil para un usuario promedio ser consciente de si las aplicaciones móviles que usa en su día a día filtran datos personales sin su conocimiento ni en caso afirmativo, de qué […]
Leer Más →In previous posts we have talked about the types of tests that can be carried out in Android apps, and where/how can they be developed. We also introduced Android Studio and its benefits thanks to other native tools integrated in the SDK (Software Development Kit). One of those native tools is Exerciser Monkey, which is […]
Leer Más →In the last blog, we discussed the importance of making tests for our software’s developments. We also introduced which of them are the most common and widely used, and our first steps developing them in Android. These steps were shown on Android Studio; therefore, we can assume it is the best choice, but does it […]
Leer Más →In this post, we are going to learn about existing types of tests that could be carried out in order to make sure a function is correctly developed and implemented on a software. Then, we will focus on Android Testing; in particular on the two most common Android tests used in Android Studio. Tests Tests […]
Leer Más →The new edition of the IEEE International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE) in under preparation. Check out all the details at https://iwpe.info/. Submission deadline is on May 1st 2021. This will be a virtual event co-located to the IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy.
Leer Más →In 2018 Google introduced a new app publishing format for Android known as Android App Bundle (.aab). Basically, a developer submits to Google Play a bundle including all the app code and resources, and upon a user request Google Play generates an optimized APK fitting the device configuration. Some of the many advantages of using […]
Leer Más →Hoy en día vivimos en un mundo con cada vez más dispositivos inteligentes y conectados junto a una cantidad de datos cada vez mayor. En medio de esta situación surge el reto de entrenar Inteligencia Artificial y modelos de Machine Learning (ML) manteniendo la privacidad del usuario. Estos modelos de Aprendizaje Automático que tan presentes […]
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